Everyone in the genealogy world is talking about the
upcoming release of the 1950 federal census records on April 1. I will not be listed
in the census, as I was not yet born, but both of my parents will be listed
with their respected families.
I need to know the address of each person in order to locate
them in specific Enumeration Districts. At first, we will be browsing the
records until indexes are completed. To find their address, I used city directories,
voter registrations, newspaper articles, and other records that give addresses.
The direct ancestors I expect to find that were alive in
1950 on my father’s side of the family.
Concord, California
William J. Hork,
born 1930, will be 19 years old. He is likely living with his mother and maybe
working at a service station or the local race track. I have documentation that
he graduated from Mt. Diablo in June 1950, but he told me he graduated after
the first semester. So, it is likely he won’t be listed as a student.
Anne M.
Hork, who was born in 1892 and will be 62. She should be listed as a
school teacher. She worked at Williams School in Concord. They were living at 2739
Sinclair Avenue, as listed in the November 1949 phone book.[1]
Sinclair Avenue is in ED 7-30.[2]
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| ED 7-30 showing Sinclair in Concord, California |
Los Angeles, California
My grandfather, William
Cyril Hork, was living in the National Military Home around 1950. The
address is 11301 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles. Big cities have numerous ED
numbers. I went to the Steve Morse One-step website and put in the address and
more than fifty ED numbers came up, because Wilshire Blvd. is a very long
street in Los Angeles. At his site, I can put in cross streets. To the west is
Federal Avenue, to the south, Ohio Ave, and to the east is S. Sepulveda Blvd.
Really, it’s the 405 freeway, but it wasn’t there in 1950. When I put in
Federal Avenue in One-step, I get two ED numbers: 66-807 and 66-810. None of
the other streets are listed in the drop-down listings.
Next, I’ll locate the ED map from the site at Wikipedia commons as above. There is a green line around the U.S. Soldiers Home with no ED number inside.[3] I am not sure how I’ll find the listings for this place.
Paternal Aunts
I have the sisters of my father to look up.
- Virginia Hork, who may have been living in Los Angeles. She was an airline stewardess and was married later that year.
- Lorene Hork may have still lived in Napa, as she was listed in a city directory there at 1259 Eggleston, Napa. This would be ED 28-7.
- June Hork married Eugene Soares in 1947 and their first child was born in Concord in 1949. A newspaper article published in August 1950 gave their street as Ponderosa Drive.[4] This is found in ED 7-35.
Los Angeles County, California
Grandaunt, Loretto Patterson
lived at 554 Randolph, Pomona. ED 19-1768.
Granduncle, Jack C. Sullivan,
lived at 2903 Seine Ave, Artesia, Los Angeles, CA. ED 66-1518.
Hamilton, Montana
Grandaunts, Ida Colmann and
Carrie Hork lived at 223
South 3rd Street. Either 41-7 or 41-5, depending on what side of the street 223
is. Google map, says it is on the left side, so 41-7 is correct. Third street
is the divider between the two EDs.
Granduncle, Anthony
J. Hork lived at 601 South 5th Street. ED 41-7.
Warm Springs (Montana State Hospital) -- update!
Frank W. Hork, ED 12-6
Anaconda, Montana
Grandaunt and granduncle, Harold
H and Nellie M Goe lived at 710 Hickory Street, Anaconda. ED 12-14.
That should keep me occupied an hour or so on April 1, 2022!
[1]
Phone Book, Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., 1949: unkn, Anne M. Hork.
[2] 1950
Census Enumeration District map, Contra Costa County, California, Concord, ED
7-29 to 7-35, NARA 7634492, digital image, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1950_Census_Enumeration_District_Maps_-_California_(CA)_-_Contra_Costa_County_-_Concord_-_ED_7-29_to_35_-_NARA_-_7634492.jpg
_-_Contra_Costa_County_-_Concord_-_ED_7-29_to_35_-_NARA_-_7634492.jpg){kind=link}
[3]
1950 Census Enumeration District map, Los Angeles County California, ED 66-1 to
2697, NARA 7634555, digital image, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:1950_Census_Enumeration_District_Maps_-_California#/media/File:1950_Census_Enumeration_District_Maps_-_California_(CA)_-_Los_Angeles_County_-_Los_Angeles_-_ED_66-1_to_2697_-_NARA_-_7634555_(page_13).jpg
_-_Los_Angeles_County_-_Los_Angeles_-_ED_66-1_to_2697_-_NARA_-_7634555_(page_13).jpg){kind=link}
[4] “Travel
to Eureka,” Concord Transcript, 5 Aug 1950, p. 5, col. 2, Newspapers.com
(https://www.newspaper.com).
Lisa, the Military Home might have its own pages in the Census, where administrators listed residents as "inmates" - not sure in which ED. Did you look at the Supplement to the Enumerator's Manual? Here's a link: https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/HKeb5K1eZ3AC?hl=en&gbpv=0
ReplyDeleteThank you. At least now I know where to look. In 1940, the Montana State Hospital was enumerated, but only the staff, no patients. I just found the ED for the hospital for 1950. Let's home my granduncle is listed this time. The listing for the hospital was written on the bottom of the county map. I did find the Los Angeles County map with the listing of EDs for hotels, apartments, charity homes, etc. but the soldier's home was not on it. Guess I'll have to wait until there is an index.
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